Ideal Visit Time for Queen Elizabeth National Park
Ideal Visit Time for Queen Elizabeth National Park – Best season to visit Queen Elizabeth national park; of Uganda’s national parks, this is the second biggest and most often visited one. Four districts—Kasese, Rubirizi, Kamwenge and Rukungiri—along with the western part of the national park About 95 mammals, including the well-known tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector, other animals like buffaloes, leopards, elephants, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, bushbucks, topi, giant forest hogs, hyenas, warthogs, hippo, Nile crocodiles, primates like chimpanzees, l’hoest monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, olive baboons and over 600 bird species are known to inhabit Queen Elizabeth national park.
Ideal visiting time for Queen Elizabeth National Park
Though the ideal time is during the dry season, sometimes known as the peak season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and February since during this period there is less or little rainfall in the national park thus vegetation will be short which allows you to easily spot different animals.
Many animals gather near water bodies during the dry season to drink water, which provides you with chances to see a great variety of wildlife species along the water edges.
Game drives and chimpanzee trekking will be easy compared to the rainy season when the game tracks and hiking paths are muddy and slippery which makes it difficult to drive through and chimpanzee trekking dry and passable during the dry season.
While the dry season has some drawbacks, such the park will be overrun by many visitors and lodges will be more costly and also get fully booked quickly, it can rain anytime of the day in Queen Elizabeth national park even if it is a dry season.
The low or wet seasons—March, April, may, October, and November—allow one to visit Queen Elizabeth national park. Though it has some benefits, such the park will have few visitors which gives you an opportunity to explore the park with less people and also more time with the animals during the game drives. The low season is marked by heavy rainfall which makes the chimpanzee trekking paths muddy and slippery.
The low season is the ideal time for bird viewing; bird enthusiasts will be able to see vibrant and migratory bird species from Europe as well as some lodges provide discounts as a means of drawing guests which benefits budget travellers.
Getting to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Road travel allows you to drive from Kampala via masaka, Mbarara, or Mubende, Fort Portal, Queen Elizabeth national park is situated in western portion of Uganda and takes roughly 7 to 8 hours’ trip in a safari vehicle.
By air, you may also visit Queen Elizabeth national park; you will arrange planned or charter domestic flights with Aerolink Uganda from Entebbe international airport to Kasese or Mweya airstrips and thereafter link to the park headquarters by road.
From Kibale forest national park, Queen Elizabeth national park is also easily reachable by safari vehicle in two to three hours’ journey.
Queen Elizabeth national park packing list
Long sleeved and light clothing, appropriate footwear, insect repellent, camera and extra batteries, a pair of binoculars, a hat and sunglasses, sunscreen, warm sweater among others are some of the things you should pack for your safari when planning to visit Queen Elizabeth national park.
Whether your inclination is for the low season or the dry season, Queen Elizabeth National Park is a fascinating place you should visit all year long. For further details, see our website or contact us to arrange different Uganda safaris.
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